The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01

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have not addressed public assomblage. I
have not participated in any campaign. For
the first time in twenty-five wears | feel that
no alternative has been left me but 10 come to
the front and say I'm here aud with you, APP
plauSe. Tho duty of this hour no man dare
disregard, When 1t was proposed, two years
ago, to adopt prohibition had not studied it. [
was always for temperance and against whisky
l dld not know that prohibition would succeed
IN Atlanta with her restless population. But
L had no heSlt1ncy In voting. Under the pres
ent circumstances and surroundings TO remain
silent would be a crime. Some say that it is
topping. am proud that 1 am n fopper.
Applause Such names are often adopted in
CanNaSScS to deter men from doing what thcv
wish to do 1 accept it and thank them for it.
l am full grown Hopper. [Applauso. That
man who is deferred from dischargng his
duty by such names is a coward. Ilaye
changod: Under those circumstances
| was silent Under the present circumstances
speak. If | had been the bitterest anti in
the last election, and studied the results of
prohibition impartially, | would be Just where
| am tonight. The ballot-boN determined the
TO abide by 1t. But they placed every obstruc-
ton that man could devise or suggest, and Mt
one time it seemed that the effort to enforce
the law would be crushed out. You ought to
feel forever grateful that you had man in the
police court who feared nobody. Continuous
applause.1
Anderson did his duty. Voice in the crowd.
II hree cheers for Anderson" and it was
glven.l The winerooms were spared. a
greater mistake was never made. But the
ID I
post. Ii all the city government had lent
their moral support to the law its enforcement
would have been more satisfactory. [Ap-
plause.l Has the law prohibiting murder or
any other crime prevented it? Has it done
any more than to hold it in check? There is
no such thing as enforcing q law uniformly
and always. Keep peggiug away at 1T, and in
time the law will be thoroughly enforced.
But the Young Mems Anti club advance the
ground of personal liberty. This Is not the
first prohibition law passed in Georgia. In
1I9l a law was passed prohibiting any planter
who grew the corn and made the whisky from
selling it on his own premises, and to sell in
quantities not less than one quart had to get
permission to do so. 1t Disseminated against
the man bnying in small quantities in favor of
one buying in large quantities Since then it
has been enlarged in prohibiting from selling
or giving to a drunken man. They give him
liberty until he gets drunk, and take away
from him all liberty. Wewant to take it away
from him before he gets drunk.
But say the antis: Gas a party aid as indi-
yiduals we favor regulations and restrictions
around the traffic to confino it in the business
streets only" Why confine it? Because the
depth, width and heighth of the curse no man
can estimate. Applause Where's the lib
erty to the people on the outskirts2 You bring
it into the center and give it to the bloods.
They oppose granting license to sell near
residences, churches, school houses, fire engine
houses, or to any person not of good character
or sobriety. Liberty indeedl They
propose carrying out these pledges
because they believe it is right.
They say that some prohibitionists argue that
prohibition is necessary to keep whisky from
the masses, especially the oolored people, and
this they oppose. This is a little loo thin.
They can no more cram it down the colored
man than a white man. Take the colored race
as whole their faces are in the RIGHT direc-
ton. Take the annals of the world and you
Will not find n race similarly situated who ever
behaved better than the colored race Zap
plause.l In the main they are supporting tho
white man in the cause of morality and reli-
gion. With shielda locked they WIFI march ON
to victory that has never occurred in their
recollection.
They propose bringing whisky back because
q club sells it, j don't know what club sells
it, but prohibitionists are not running the
club, not by jug full might say barrels
full, They say that men, able to send to
Griffin, can get liquor while those that are not
cannot get it, and they are for equalizing 1T.
Those running the club ought to divide and
equalize it. The prohibitionists don't propose
to equalize it, they propose to lead men not
into temptation. The ants say Atlanta has
prospered in spite of prohibition. II Atlanta
can carry it and prosper let her carry it. [Ap-
plause.l 1t viii help her develop her muscle
The ants suggest to leave Off badges. Why?
Are you ashamed of your badges? Are you
afraid to die with them on? To take them
home with you? Some men don't wait to
carry the badge home; they'd rather leave
them at the club. Judge Hopkins then drew
picture of an anti going home with liquor
badge on, and the earnest appeals of wife and
children not TO vote for whisky and said
"rhis is why the ants want the badges left
off,